Games like David Bronstein vs Efim Geller (1951)

Stem game: David Bronstein vs Efim Geller (1951) 1-0

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. d5 Bc8 15. Rb1 Bd7 16. Bd3 Rfc8 17. Nf1 Bd8 18. Ng3 Qa7 19. Rf1 Ne8 20. Kh1 Nb7 21. b4 a5 22. a3 axb4 23. axb4 Be7 24. Ne2 Bd8 25. Bd2 Bb6 26. Nc3 Bxf2 27. Nxb5 Qb6 28. Qe2 Bg3 29. Be3 Qd8 30. Na7 Rc3 31. Qd2 Ra3 32. Nc6 Qf6 33. Nfxe5 Bxe5 34. Rxf6 Bxf6 35. Bc4 Rc3 36. e5 Rxc4 37. exf6 Nxf6 38. Bd4 Bxc6 39. dxc6 Rxc6 40. Qg5 d5 41. Rf1 h6 42. Qg3 Ne8 43. Qe5 1-0

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Opening: Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd (C99)
Player profiles: Bronstein, Geller

Novelty of stem-game: 16. Bd3

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. d5 Bc8 15. Rb1 Bd7

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Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. Bronstein vs Geller 1-0 43 1951 USSR Championship C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

2. Byvshev vs Keres 1-0 43 1952 USSR Championship C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. d5 Bc8

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Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. Boleslavsky vs Bondarevsky 1-0 33 1951 URS-chT C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

2. Bannik vs I Veltmander 1-0 58 1951 URS-ch sf C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

3. Aronin vs Tolush 1-0 55 1952 USSR Championship C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

4. Vasiukov vs Brzozka 1-0 53 1955 POL-URS C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

5. A Dueckstein vs Zhugder 1-0 45 1956 Moscow ol (Men) C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

6. A Kolarov vs S Dittmann ½-½ 19 1960 Leipzig ol (Men) C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

7. J Klovans vs I Nei ½-½ 40 1963 USSR Championship C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

8. Tseshkovsky vs H Van Riemsdijk 1-0 43 1979 Riga izt C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

9. Parma vs Ivkov ½-½ 23 1979 Bled/Portoroz C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

10. Kiril Georgiev vs Pinter 1-0 68 1989 Ch Europe (team) C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

11. L Ptacnikova vs B Thorsteinsson 0-1 75 2001 Jonsson Mem Open C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. d5

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Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. Aronin vs Tolush 1-0 44 1950 USSR Championship C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

2. P van't Veer vs L Watzl 0-1 56 1950 1st World Correspondence Chess Championship C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

3. Korchnoi vs Tolush 0-1 59 1951 Leningrad C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

4. M Yudovich Sr. vs Nezhmetdinov 0-1 39 1955 1/2 f C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

5. Smirin vs V Litvinov ½-½ 44 1985 Sokolsky mem C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

6. Tolnai vs Pinter 1-0 62 1987 Ch Hungary (team) C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

7. Ivanchuk vs Timman ½-½ 56 1995 Horgen C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

8. Velimirovic vs T Mihos 1-0 40 2000 GRE-chT 29th C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

9. S Virovlansky vs M Turov 1-0 46 2000 RUS-Cup C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

10. M Bluvshtein vs E Matsuura ½-½ 43 2002 Bled Olympiad C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

11. A Castellano vs E Schreiber 1-0 59 2003 ICCF Email - corr C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7

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Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. A Arulaid vs Bannik 0-1 75 1949 URS-ch sf C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

2. S Madsen vs J Balogh 1-0 33 1950 1st World Correspondence Chess Championship C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

3. L Watzl vs J Balogh ½-½ 38 1950 1st World Correspondence Chess Championship C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

4. Boleslavsky vs V Saigin 1-0 45 1951 Team Ch of Belorussian towns C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

5. J De Moura vs H Kramer 0-1 35 1951 Bad Pyrmont zt C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

6. Gligoric vs Keres ½-½ 36 1952 Helsinki ol final C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

7. Szily vs Keres 0-1 57 1952 Budapest C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

8. J Klovans vs Tal 1-0 56 1952 URS C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

9. A Beni vs J de Souza Mendes 1-0 47 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

10. Suetin vs Nezhmetdinov ½-½ 31 1954 URS-ch21 Kiev ;URS-ch C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

11. V Maher vs Julio Bolbochan 0-1 28 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

12. V Zurakhov vs Nezhmetdinov 0-1 40 1954 14th RSFSR Ch C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

13. I Meszaros vs G Kluger 0-1 55 1955 Budapest C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

14. Vasiukov vs Nezhmetdinov 0-1 38 1956 URS-ch sf C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

15. O'Kelly vs R Toran Albero 1-0 42 1956 Hastings 1956/57 C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

16. Geller vs Nezhmetdinov ½-½ 21 1957 Kiev URS sf C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

17. Smyslov vs Keres 0-1 59 1959 Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

18. I Pogrebissky vs Bannik ½-½ 30 1960 UKR-ch sf C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

19. R Altshuler vs L Endzelins 1-0 33 1965 5th CC World Ch Final C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

20. V Bukal Sr vs S Kosanski ½-½ 15 1972 Sarajevo C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

21. Brzozka vs G Van Perlo 1-0 59 1978 corr 1.EU tt C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

22. G Timmerman vs R Planta 1-0 68 1982 Volmac-A corr8286 C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

23. R Taylor vs O Sarapu ½-½ 61 1988 Howick-Pakuranga Open Tt C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

24. T Gouret vs Pinter 1-0 100 1989 Ch France (team) C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

25. Diep vs Jonny 0-1 75 2007 15th World Computer Chess Championship C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nd2 cxd4 13. cxd4

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Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. Lasker vs Ed Lasker ½-½ 103 1924 New York C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

2. K Galia vs Szabo 1-0 35 1947 Schlechter mem C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

3. Smyslov vs Reshevsky ½-½ 41 1948 FIDE World Championship Tournament C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

4. Tal vs Pliss 1-0 37 1950 Riga C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

5. P van't Veer vs Purdy 0-1 44 1950 1st World Correspondence Chess Championship C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

6. F Vasconcellos vs J Mangini ½-½ 61 1952 Rio de Janeiro it C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

7. Y Kotkov vs Polugaevsky ½-½ 25 1956 Ch URS (1/2 final) C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

8. Larsen vs Keres ½-½ 60 1959 Zurich C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

9. Fischer vs Bisguier 1-0 86 1959 US Championship 1958/59 C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

10. D Mardle vs Wade 0-1 31 1962 Whitby British ch C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

11. Velimirovic vs Novopashin 0-1 34 1964 Rubinstein Mem C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

12. Stein vs Reshevsky ½-½ 24 1966 Mar del Plata C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

13. J Westman vs B E Horberg ½-½ 38 1966 Malmo SWE ch C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

14. Petrosian vs H Pfleger 1-0 55 1968 Bamberg C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

15. L Shamkovich vs P Littlewood 0-1 55 1978 London (England) C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

16. Tseshkovsky vs Dorfman ½-½ 51 1978 Lvov zt C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

17. L Barczay vs L Hazai ½-½ 20 1981 Tallinn C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

18. P Garbett vs O Sarapu ½-½ 39 1982 Auckland Easter Tt C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

19. Ljubojevic vs Timman 1-0 44 1982 Bugojno C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

20. D Barbulescu vs Chiburdanidze 1-0 38 1984 Rubinstein Mem C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

21. J Berry vs K Sorri 1-0 39 1984 W-ch13 sf corr C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

22. Tseshkovsky vs Kholmov ½-½ 29 1985 URS-ch FL53 C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

23. A Ivanov vs Kholmov ½-½ 68 1985 URS-ch FL53 C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

24. DeFirmian vs P Nikolic 0-1 52 1986 Reykjavik (Iceland) C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

25. R Byrne vs P Nikolic ½-½ 25 1986 Reykjavik op C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nd2

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Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. G A Thomas vs Gruenfeld 0-1 100 1925 Baden Baden C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

2. Kupchik vs Carlos Torre ½-½ 38 1925 New York m, USA C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

3. J Dobropistsev vs Botvinnik 0-1 45 1926 Leningrad ch-city C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

4. Keres vs Vidmar 1-0 65 1936 Bad Nauheim C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

5. T Hess vs Vidmar ½-½ 37 1939 Stuttgart C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

6. Smyslov vs Levenfish ½-½ 63 1939 Leningrad/Moscow training C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

7. S Belavenets vs Alatortsev ½-½ 43 1939 Leningrad/Moscow training C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

8. Konstantinopolsky vs Bronstein ½-½ 41 1945 USSR Championship C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

9. M Christoffel vs O Bernstein 1-0 39 1946 Groningen C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

10. O'Kelly vs H Steiner 0-1 48 1946 Groningen C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

11. Pachman vs Novotelnov ½-½ 50 1947 Moscow C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

12. Boleslavsky vs Smyslov ½-½ 58 1947 it, Warsaw (Poland) C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

13. Euwe vs Smyslov 0-1 42 1948 FIDE World Championship Tournament C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

14. Yanofsky vs Pachman ½-½ 56 1948 Izt Stockholm C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

15. Rossolimo vs Foltys ½-½ 33 1949 Venice C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

16. Szabo vs Lilienthal ½-½ 30 1949 HUN C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

17. Bronstein vs Keres 1-0 35 1949 USSR Championship C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

18. Bannik vs E Zagorjansky 1-0 31 1950 URS-ch sf C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

19. Aronin vs G Borisenko ½-½ 81 1950 USSR Championship C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

20. V Borisenko-Belova vs O Rubtsova 0-1 61 1950 Moscow, WCH Woman RUS C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

21. Aronin vs Averbakh ½-½ 29 1950 USSR Championship C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

22. Szabo vs J Hajtun ½-½ 65 1951 HUN ch C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

23. Aronin vs Korchnoi 0-1 41 1951 Leningrad M Chigori C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

24. Suetin vs Kamyshov 1-0 46 1951 Tbilisi (Georgia) C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

25. Lipnitsky vs Botvinnik ½-½ 41 1952 USSR Championship C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7

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Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. L Steiner vs Szabo 0-1 39 1948 Saltsjobaden C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

2. Schmid vs Niephaus 1-0 54 1949 Heidelberg C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

3. Schmid vs H Kramer 1-0 33 1951 Travemuende C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

4. E Davis vs F Blatny 0-1 43 1957 WchT U26 04th C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

5. Nezhmetdinov vs Bannik 1-0 34 1957 URS-ch sf C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

6. Schmid vs A Stenborg 1-0 47 1957 Dublin zt C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

7. Tal vs R Sanguineti ½-½ 37 1958 Munich C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

8. Vasiukov vs Z Milev ½-½ 29 1959 Alekhine mem C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

9. N Padevsky vs Ivkov ½-½ 70 1959 Dresden C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

10. Ljuben Pipkov vs M Bobotsov 0-1 42 1960 BUL-ch14 C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

11. M Cuschieri vs Vukcevich 0-1 42 1960 Leipzig ol (Men) qual-A C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

12. Pilnik vs Reshevsky ½-½ 51 1966 Mar del Plata C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

13. H Westerinen vs Ivkov 0-1 41 1968 Palma de Mallorca C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

14. Minic vs Smyslov ½-½ 42 1970 Rovinj/Zagreb C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

15. Z Stevic vs Ivkov 0-1 52 1976 Majdanpek C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

16. Kasparov vs Constellation 1-0 40 1985 Hamburg sim-32 (19) C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

17. I Rogers vs J Howell ½-½ 25 1988 It ENG C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

18. Short vs Bareev 0-1 41 1995 Dortmund C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

19. Aziz Kerkazi vs R Bougayou 1-0 59 2001 ch-MAR C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

20. Xia Lichao vs Chen Guanqi 0-1 66 2001 TCh-CHN Women C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

21. F Beckmann vs P Asomaki 1-0 44 2002 ICCF Email - corr C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

22. Pelletier vs Pinter ½-½ 24 2005 French Team championship 'TOP 16' C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

23. Stellwagen vs J Werle ½-½ 51 2007 Corus Group B C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

24. M Ocantos vs A Hayrapetian 0-1 48 2008 Euro Club Cup C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

25. Naiditsch vs Svidler ½-½ 61 2009 World Cup C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

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